Treants are powerful, ancient trees and more primitive forms of the wise Ancients that served under Cenarius in ages past. They are closely affiliated with druids, and are often seen accompanying powerful druids and keepers of the grove. Many treants were driven mad during the Third War. The destruction of the forests, as well as demonic corruption, has driven them to lash out at anyone that approaches. Treants resemble large moving trees with faces.

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This creature looks to be a short, angry tree-men. Its branchlike arms end in three-fingered claws. Treants are small, tree-like beings. They are rarely seen in times of peace, but in days of conflict they patrol the forests and fling themselves at nature’s enemies. Treants do not speak, but they understand Darnassian.[1]

Treants have always been present, both good and bad, in WoW. Additionally, the 41 point talent in the druidBalance tree, Force of Nature, allows a Balance druid to summon 3 treants to fight on their behalf for 30 seconds (or until they or their master are killed) and has a 3 minute cooldown. Similarly, the top talent in the Restoration tree is Tree of Life Form, which allows Resto druids to become treants.

The Treants were likely inspired, in both name and overall nature, by the Ents, a powerful race of sapient trees in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. "Treants" and variants appear in various fantasy media. The Ents themselves were probably inspired by the tales of talking trees found in various world mythologies, though the Ancients would be a closer Warcraft parallel to the mythological variety.